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SNOW PLOW.

Patented Mar. 27, 1888.

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SNOW PLOW.

No. 380,076. Patented Mar. 27, 1888.

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UNITED STATES "PATENT OF CE.

JOSEPH APPLEBY, OF BRIT TON, DAKOTA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDSv TO WILLIAM J. MOMILLEN AND WILLIAM S. MARTIN, BOTH OF BRECKENRIDGE, MINNESOTA.

SNOW- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,076, dated March 27, 1888. Application filed July 12, 1887. Serial No. 244.072. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH APPLEBY, of Britton, in the county of Marshall and Territory of Dakota, have invented a new and Im- 5 proved Snow-Plow, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in snow-plows, and has for its object to provide a double plow, which may be run either way withoutturning, and wherein a bevel-cut will be made in the drift, whereby the snow will not-fall back in said out, and wherein, also, the snow will be removed flush withthe rail with ease, while the plow is run at a slow speed, I and wherein, further, the plow will be so constructed as that the snow will be prevented from getting under the plow and clogging the wheels. The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan view of my snow-plow. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereof on line.2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is abottom plan 0 view. Fig. at is a transverse vertical section on line 4 f Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one nose of the plow.

In carrying outthe invention the sides of the plow 1 are inclosed, thelower longitudinal 3 5 edge, 2, being adapted to be supported a short distance only above the alignment of the rails outside the same. The upper longitudinal edges are made to incline, as at 3, from the base at each end gradually upward to a point 40 each side the center, where they are carried substantially vertically upward the desired height of the plow, as at 4 in Fig. 5.

The top 5 or upper deck of the plow is made more or less diamond shape, being securely bolted to the upper central edge of the side pieces. The space intervening the upper inclined edges, 3, of the sides is covered by suitable planking, 6, Fig. 2, and from each end of the deck 5 cutters 7 are projected vertically downward, below the aforesaid planking 6, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The space between the cutters 7, the edge of the planking 6, the vertical edges 4 of the sides,and the beveled-edges of the deck 5 is inclosed by aseries of attached diagonally-arranged strips of wood or metal, 8, having their faces so formed as to collectively present a concave surface vertically, and the inner edges of said diagonal strips are made to abut against the cutters 7. upon the segment of a circle, as shown in Fig. 5, the

upper and lower strips extending out at one point nearly or fiushfwith the outer edge of said cutters, as shown in Fig. 5.

Each strip 8 is inclined from the cutter toward the center of the sides, whereby four mold-boards, 8, are produced, one upon each side of the two vertical cutters 7, as shownin I Fig. ,1.

The planking 6 is covered with a metal plate or plates, 10, from a pointin front of the cutters 7, extending down to the outer edges of each noseof the plow, and at the edge of said nose horizontally-inclined cutters 11 are attached, the said cutters being made more or less V-shaped and their members passed re 7 5 spectively over the upper and lower face of the nose. The outer edge of each cutter 11 is thereby made 'to rest substautiallyupon the track, as shown in Fig.2.

Near the upper surface of the side pieces of the plow, and projecting vertically above the same, guide-plates 12 are attached extending from the nose inward to a point substantially in alignment with the inner ends of the plates 10. The rear edge, 13, of each guide-plate is curved and beveled from the inside outward, and the front edge, 14, of the said guide-plates, which constitute cutting-edges, are inclined in the direction of the nose. Thus as either end of the plow is driven in a snow bank or drift 0 the snow is lifted from the track by the cutter 11, sliced by the cutting-edges of the. guideplates 12, and delivered thereby, as the plow is moved forward, to the perpendicular cutter 7, which divides the mass into two parts, the g 5 same being thereby conveyed outward by the mold-boards 8 and deposited at the side-of the track.

The framing of the sides consists of heavy beams 14 constructed in the shape of 'a triangle braced by vertical stays 15 to form a truss, the side timbers being carried upward after crossing, and a rectangular central frame formed thereon by the addition of uprights.

Between the upper and lower wall of the nose an angular block, 16, is secured, into which the ends of the aforesaid side beams are introduced, the base-strip 17, forming a part of the side framing, beingbolted or otherwise fastened to the lower face of the side beam flush with the lower face of said inclined block 16.

The plow is interiorly braced by series of oppositely-inclined side beams, 18,attached'to the blocks 16 and to the planking 6. The said beams extending upward are crossed by the beams upon the opposite side, the one being locked in the other at their point 'of intersection, as shown in Fig. 2, from which point the beams 18 are further projected upward to a union with longitudinal beams 19,attached to and supporting the upper deck, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The trusses are completed by the addition of vertical cords 20, stepped in the opposing beams 18, whereby the same are united,as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. Between the two central trusses thus formed perpendicular brace-beams'19 are provided, having a concave outer face, as shown in Fig. 2, to which the inner ends of the strips forming the mold-boards 8 are attached.

The complete trusses, four of which are usually provided, are stayed and strengthened by transverse timbers 21 and 22, one of which is projected across the top of the intersecting beams 18, as shown in Fig. 2, and the other immediately under, beneath the cords, the two being connected by vertical rods 23. The outer cords, 20, are additionally supported by metal straps 24 attached thereto and to the base-strip of the sides of the plow. The plow is supported and made to travel upon the rails through the medium of the ordinary wheeledtrucks 25, and as a means of pushing the plow and connecting it to the engine draw-heads 26 are provided, which, passing through the openings 27 in the nose, are detachably connected to the trucks, as shown in Fig. 2, the said draw-heads being supplied with detachable braces 28, whereby vertical play is prevented.

A suitable door, 29, is provided in the upper deck, and a similar door, 30, in one side of the plow, whereby access to theinterior is obtained Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- V,

1. A snow-plow provided with an upper deck, 5, mold-boardsS at each side below said deck at front and rear, vertical cutters 7, separating said mold-boards, an inclined front and rear nose, and horizontal cutters attached to the outer ends of-said noses, and a detachable draw-head, 26, all arranged as shown and described.

2. A snow-plow provided with an upper I diamond-shaped deck, 5, mold-boards 8 at each side below said deck at front and rear, vertical cutters 7, separating said moldboards, an inclined front and rear nose, vertical guide-plates 12 attached at each side, the nose having forward-inclined cutting-edges, a horizontal cutter,.11, attached to the forward edge of each nose, and a detachable drawhead passing through the said nose, all arranged to operate substantially as herein set forth.

3. A snow-plow provided with an upper diamond-shaped deck, 5, mold-boards 8 at each side below said deck at front and rear, vertical cutters 7, separating said mold-boards, an inclined front and rear nose covered by a metallic plating, 10, vertical guideplates 12, attached at each side the nose, having an inclined-forward cutting-edge, 14, and a concaved and outwardly-beveled rear edge, 13, a horizontal V- shaped cutter, 11, attached to the forward edge of each nose, and a detachable draw-head secured to the truck of the plow, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOSEPH APPLEBY. 

